Genesis 12:6

Genesis 12:6

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

a. NLT: Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.

b. NIV: Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

c. YLT: And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite is then in the land.

d. Amplified Bible: Abram passed through the land to the locality of Shechem, to the oak orterebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

e. Septuagint: And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited the land.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Writings/Prophets: Abram passed into the land as far as the site of Shechem, until the Plain of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.

1. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh

a. and Abram [87 * ‘Abram] [Strong: contracted from 48; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham:--Abram.]

b. passed through [5674 * ‘abar] [Strong: a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation):--alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.]

c. the land [776 * ‘erets] [Strong: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.]

d. unto the place [4725 * maqowm] [Strong: from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind):--country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).]

e. of Sichem [7927 * Shkem] [Strong: the same as 7926; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine:--Shechem.]

f. unto the plain [436 * ‘elown] [Strong: prolonged from 352; an oak or other strong tree:--plain.]

g. of Moreh [4176 * Mowreh] [Strong: the same as 4175; Moreh, a Canaanite; also a hill (perhaps named from him):--Moreh.]

2. “…And the Canaanite was then in the land.”

a. the Canaanite [3669 * Kna’aniy] [Strong: patrial from 3667; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans):--Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.]

b. was then [227 * ‘az] [Strong: a demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore:--beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.]

c. in the land [776 * ‘erets] [Strong: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.]

1). At age 75 as Abram entered the land of Canaan, the Canaanite was in the land. A few years later when the Covenant was being cut between God and Abram in Genesis 15, the LORD spoke to Abram in Genesis 15:16 and said, “But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.” The LORD was referring to Abram’s descendants, Israel coming back into the land and conquering of the Canaanites. What the LORD was saying in that verse is very telling. He was saying that the iniquity of the nations that made up Canaan would get much worse. In the 430 years between Abraham Israel going back into the land Canaan would degenerate so much they would have to be destroyed. During the time of Abraham, the sin of homosexuality was largely confined to the 5 cities of the plain, Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim and Bela/Zoar. By the time Israel entered the land over 400 years later, it had spread to all the nations making up Canaan, but degenerated further to include child sacrifice, bestiality, incest of every form. (See my notes on Leviticus 18:3). Without the knowledge of God, cultures will inevitably become more and more corrupt.